COUNTY WILDERNESS SAFARI IS GETTING SMALLER. NEW POWER LINES WILL RUN THROUGH IT - FORCING THE PARK TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS. 40/29'S BEN WAGNER EXPLAINS WHY THE DRIVE-THROUGH SAFARI WILL LOSE SOME OF ITS LAND. HE'S IN BENTON COUNTY TONIGHT. THE WILD WILDERNESS DRIVE THROUGH SAFARI IN GENTRY IS SPLIT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS. TONIGHT - ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS - OR ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE PROPERTY IS CLOSING ITS GATES SO SWEPCO POWER LINES AND RUN THROUGH. -- "I mean it used to be more scenic. You couldn't see through the at all." CHARLES WILMOTH HAS SEEN THIS PARK EXPAND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. "We've got the buffalo, the watusi and the long horns" HIS FAMILY STARTED IT WITH JUST A FEW ANIMALS YEARS AGO NOW - SAFARI FOUR - A 100-ACRE SECTION OF THE PARK WITH BIGGER HERD ANIMALS - WILL HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. "We're going to have to move this area of the park. Move the drive- through, move the animals out of this area. We can't have them here after the power lines are through." SWEPCO TOOK OVER THIS LAND USING EMINENT DOMAIN AND SAYS THEIR LINES WOULDN'T AFFECT THE ANIMALS ALREADY THERE. WILMOTH DISAGREES AND SAYS HE'S NOT TAKING CHANCES WITH LINES SO CLOSE. "We're going to have to build a new area, with new roads and new fencing and do all of the dirt work. Then move all of the animals to that area. So it's not just something that will easily be done." CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY - CLEARING PARTS OF THIS FORREST WHERE THE LINES WILL RUN THROUGH. THESE SMALL STAKES ARE A SIGN OF LARGE POWER POLES AND A NEW LANDSCAPE TO COME. "You thought you were in your own little area of the safari." Ben says, "Not any more?" Wilmoth says, "No, not anymore." THE NEXT BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THE PARK GET FOR THE LAND? THE MANAGER HERE SAYS THEY HAVEN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT JUST YET. THE CASE IS IN COURT RIGHT NOW. IN GENTRY, BEN WAGNER, 40/29 NEWS. THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR. THESE POWER LINES THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH THE GENTRY SAFARI ARE NOT PART OF SWEPCO'S PLANNED TRANSMISSION LINE THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH BENTON AND CARROLL COUNTIES. THIS IS VIDEO OF ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS ABOUT THE LINE LAST MONTH. A HEARING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION LINE IS SET FOR AUGUST 26TH.